"We can see you."
"Co out already, human..."
Yeah...
I had definitely been found out.
Should I just turn into black lightning and run away? It’s definitely an option, but what if they an no harm?
"Stop being so gentle. This bastard just drank from our fountain!"
"Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!"
Never mind.
For theatrics purposes, I decided to erge from the grass and fly up slightly. My clothes fluttered in what appeared to be the wind, but was actually the Giants’ breath.
Though with ascending so fearlessly, none of them dared to attack. It wasn’t because they felt my energy and beca frightened, but rather the fact that they hadn’t seen a human in so long that my appearance made them curious.
"Oho? He looks just like a mosquito."
"Do you think he buzzes like a mosquito too? Hey, human. Talk to us."
"He does have a mouth, right? I don’t have my glasses."
Hmm.
What to do, what to do...?
"Hello?" I spoke up, enhancing my voice with Telekinesis so everyone could hear .
Yet all that did was make all the Giants fall quiet and stare at in disbelief.
"The mosquito is pretty loud."
"Where are its wings, though?"
"Are you forgetting that this is a human, not a mosquito?"
The Giants all paused again, understanding that I was in fact not a mosquito. Afterwards, they leaned in slightly, inspecting a bit closer.
At first, I thought it was going well. Maybe I could even befriend these Giants.
But that thought unfortunately didn’t last very long, as one of the Giants got a ridiculous idea to try and crush between his fingers. His speed was impressive given his size.
Though that didn’t change the fact that with a single flick of my finger, I managed to completely mangle the Giant’s body, compressing it to the point it was only the size of a small pebble. His bones cracked so loudly, it was almost like a mountain was collapsing atop them.
By the ti the cracking stopped, the Giant was nothing more than a marble that coincidentally resembled sothing similar to a Demonic Core. Much like the Demonic Cores of the Demon Kings I had stored inside my dinsional ring.
As it so happens, I decided to store his compressed body inside my dinsional ring as well.
Every single one of the Giants fell silent once more, except for so reason, they weren’t staring at with fear in their gazes. Rather, it was sothing different.
Sothing like... reverence?
"Divine Beast!"
"I-It’s really a Divine Beast!"
"Even his eyes... Is this Gabriel? G-Gabriel is alive?"
They huddled even closer to . None of them seed like they wanted to fight anymore, and if that wasn’t enough, they were referring to the sa na that Indra ntioned.
Gabriel Edware.
My alleged Divine Beast na.
And sohow, every single Giant present knew , called out to , and even tried to pick up to lift above their heads, almost like I didn’t belong any lower.
I was... conflicted, to say the least. I didn’t even rember my life as a Divine Beast, nor did I know how these beings were related to in the slightest.
For all I knew, I could’ve been their creator, their caretaker, or soone they had t while I was on my journey. There were far too many mysteries, and I felt like the only way to solve those mysteries was by tapping into more of my Divine Energy.
"..."
Hm.
I should play along with this for now, shouldn’t I?
"It is I..."
Okay, definitely not doing that corny shit.
"I’m glad to be back. Though, forgive , for I have lost a lot of my mories. I can’t recognize any of you," I apologized.
The Giants exchanged a few glances, then nodded at .
"It’s no problem, Gabriel."
"Yeah! We missed you. It’s really hard to imagine you’re back, since you died so gruesoly."
"Ahem... Yeah, I doubt anyone could survive their soul being turned to dust. Sheesh, just rembering the day when the others turned their backs on you is making angry."
Huh...?
Hold on now.
The others?
"By others, are you referring to Indra, Rachel... the others, right?"
The Giants once again exchanged a glance and nodded at .
"Yeah. The others said you ####, ##...##."
Their eyes began to glow a deep purple color, and their words turned unintelligible. The more they talked about , the worse it got, to the point where I felt like they didn’t even realize I was there anymore.
I backed off, and it looked like I was right. My existence was just randomly filtered out of their brains as they gradually began talking about their personal lives. It didn’t take long for them to walk away and leave alone again.
I was nothing short of flustered, barely containing my surprise. The Divine Beasts turned their backs on ? Is that why all of this happened? My mories of the world as it could’ve been?
All I need now are the mories of what used to be. My mories, and what started this whole ss. Who was even on my side, besides Clentine, of course?
Those are all things I needed to figure out, but then again, I felt like my existence had so connection to the Angels too. What if I sought them out? What if I sought Kai out personally?
So many things to do, and so little ti to do them.
Welp.
I guess if the Giants really didn’t care about my presence, I best get on with it. For good asure, I decided to get so more water from the fountain.
Afterwards, I made my way into the sky and gazed down. Adam wanted so Purified Radishes, and honestly, if those red mountains in the distance were what I thought they were... I had no idea how to bring them back.
No way would they fit into my dinsional ring.
Maybe two Purified Radish slices?
Yeah.
That must be it.
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